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Following the
presentation of the "Dishonor Awards: Roasting the Most
Outrageously Biased Liberal Reporters of 2001" attendees saw
replays of four of the six winning quotes: Margaret Carlson on
George Bush making it so "we won’t be able to eat, drink or
breathe," Helen Thomas on missing Bill Clinton, Dan Rather on
Bill Clinton as "honest" and Bryant Gumbel on John
Ashcroft’s character.
Then, as a picture of each nominee was
displayed, the 800 plus audience members at the event, held at the
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, were asked by
Master of Ceremonies Cal Thomas to hoot, holler and applaud to
indicate their preference. It wasn’t close at all. After huddling
with the presenters (John Fund, Kate O’Beirne and David Limbaugh),
Thomas announced the clear winner: Dan Rather insisting, on Fox News
Channel’s The O’Reilly Factor on May 15, that he
considers Bill Clinton to be "an honest man" and "I
think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of
things." The quote in full:
Bill O’Reilly: "I want to
ask you flat out, do you think President Clinton’s an honest
man?"
Dan
Rather: "Yes, I think he’s an honest man."
O’Reilly:
"Do you, really?"
Rather:
"I do."
O’Reilly:
"Even though he lied to Jim Lehrer’s face about the Lewinsky
case?"
Rather:
"Who among us has not lied about something?"
O’Reilly:
"Well, I didn’t lie to anybody’s face on national
television. I don’t think you have, have you?"
Rather:
"I don’t think I ever have. I hope I never have. But, look,
it’s one thing – "
O’Reilly:
"How can you say he’s an honest guy then?"
Rather:
"Well, because I think he is. I think at core he’s an honest
person. I know that you have a different view. I know that you
consider it sort of astonishing anybody would say so, but I think
you can be an honest person and lie about any number of
things."
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